Comments on: Why Young People Join the Military http://digital-dharma.net/2007/06/26/why-young-people-join-the-military/ The Middle Path, One Day At A Time Tue, 07 Feb 2012 11:07:36 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: Bill http://digital-dharma.net/2007/06/26/why-young-people-join-the-military/#comment-23054 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 17:34:53 +0000 http://digital-dharma.net/2007/06/26/why-young-people-join-the-military/#comment-23054 Given that we have a “commander-in-chief” (lower case intended) who went AWOL, and a vice president and SecDef who never served, it’s hardly a surprise that they’d hold the lining of their own pockets more important than the deaths of a few soldiers.

I mean, after all, they’re not their sort of people at all, are they?

]]> By: Michael http://digital-dharma.net/2007/06/26/why-young-people-join-the-military/#comment-23013 Tue, 26 Jun 2007 14:34:21 +0000 http://digital-dharma.net/2007/06/26/why-young-people-join-the-military/#comment-23013 The crime of it is the cavalier way in which our military treats its troops. They’re treated as if they are disposable. For proof, I cite the recent military hospital scandal. Want more proof? How about the extension of tours of duty of soldiers who are already burned out, physically and mentally. And the haphazard way in which our soldiers are equipped. Remember all that controversy over military vehicles that weren’t adequately armored?

It makes me want to holler.

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